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Prior psychiatric inpatient care and risk of cesarean sections: a registry study

This study of 17,443 childbearing women, investigated the relationship between hospital admissions 5 years prior to index birth, type of mental disorders and risk factors for mode of delivery. Hospital based electronic perinatal medical records between 2001 and 2006, were linked with the Swedish Nat...

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Published in:Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology 2011-12, Vol.32 (4), p.189-197
Main Authors: Wangel, Anne-Marie, Molin, Johan, Moghaddassi, Mahnaz, Östman, Margareta
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Language:English
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Summary:This study of 17,443 childbearing women, investigated the relationship between hospital admissions 5 years prior to index birth, type of mental disorders and risk factors for mode of delivery. Hospital based electronic perinatal medical records between 2001 and 2006, were linked with the Swedish National Inpatient Care Registry 1996-2006. Of all the women, 39.3% had had inpatient care prior to index birth (27.3% had had obstetric, 10.1% somatic, and 1.9% psychiatric inpatient care). Diagnoses of mental disorders at psychiatric admission (n = 333) were categorized into five groups: personality/behavioral/unspecified disorder (30.9%), affective disorders and 'suicide attempt' (28.9%), neurotic/somatoform disorders (18.9%), substance use (17.1%) and schizophrenia (4.2%). Women with history of psychiatric care were more often smokers, below age 24 and single (p 
ISSN:0167-482X
1743-8942
1743-8942
DOI:10.3109/0167482X.2011.626940